Detachable car-fender.



No. 815,923 PATENTED MAR.'20, 1906.

BIILEVI 'DETAGHABLE CAR FENDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY16/1904. RENEWED AUG. 18, 1905.

I INVENTORL I 5 I ATTORNEY.

v UNITED PATENT-OFFICE,

BENJAMIN- LEV, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ECLIPSE RAILWAY SUPPLY 00., OF' KANSAS CITY, MISSOURL A COR- PORATION OF DELAWARE.

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Manama 20, 1906.

I Application filed July 15, 1904. Renewed August 18, 1905. Serial No. 274,810.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN LEv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Detachable Car-Fenders; an I do declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in detachable car-fenders; and the invention consists in a construction whereby the fender mechanism can be .bodily lifted off or re moved from the supporting-hangers while. the hangers remain upon the car and the fender proper be carried around from end to end of the car when an interchangeable fender is wanted. Otherwise the fender may be folded back into a substantially vertical position, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accom anying drawings, Figure 1 shows a car wit a perspective view of my improved fender mechanism thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the lower portion of one of the fender-hangers and a sleeve thereon and a section elevation of the adjustable supporting-bracket engagedin said sleeve, and Figs. 3 and 4. represent perspective details of the said sleeve and bracket as hereinafter more fully described.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the car, and B one of the tubular hangers supported from or upon the body of the car, as seen in Fig. 1, and provided each with a split sleeve C, clampedthereon by bolts 0, as

seen in-Fig. 2, and adapted by means of said medium for the fender on t bolts to be. raised and lowered upon said han ers, according as it is desired to support the ender at a higher or lower elevation relatively, the said sleeve bein the supporting Tie hanger. Different cities and different roads have different'regulations as to the elevation at which a fender shouldrun; but as this style of fender be arranged to run at a higher level than fenders that have to run lower to perform their functions. At any rate the said sleeve 0 may be raised or lowered upon the hanger, according to the'demands of any given place, and is designed tobe fixed in such adjustment and not removed therefrom. The said sleeve is rovided on opposite sides with lugs or latera projections 0, extending and adapted to beengaged by the hooks d on the inside of the wall of the detachable bracket-support I D for the fender-carrying frame E. The said support has a transverse horizontal tubular bearingd at its bottom, through which the V tubular frame E is supported, as plainly. seen in Fig. 1. The side portions of said frame project forward at each side and have the safety-carrier G pivoted between them so as to be free to tilt therein as the service of the carrier requires.- Now it is desirable to have fenders conveniently removable to be replaced at the opposite end of the car or for other reasons, and to this end the said bracket-support D is rovided with hooks Within its side walls adapted to engage over the lugsc, and a horizontal lip (1 lower down in position to engage under or beneath the bottom edge of sleeve C and serve to revent accidental detachment of the brac et. It follows when it. isdesired to lift OK the fender that disengagement must be madeby first swinging the support D outward at its bottom from the hanger so as to get from beneath sleeve C and then lifting it off the lugs a above. The frame E and carrier can then be lifted off together and after detaching the chains F carry the whole bodily around to the other end of the car. t

What I claim.is

1: In car-fenders, a suitable hanger, a sleeve fixed thereon provided with lugs-on its outside and a bracket-support hooked upon said lugs from the front, substantially as described. i

2. Incar-fenders, a suitable hanger and a sleeve adjustably clamped thereon and hav-' substantially with the lower portion of said sleeve, substantially as described.

3. In car-fenders, a tubular hanger and a sleeve clamped thereon having projections laterally upon its-outside, in combination with a bracket-support suspended upon said projections and provided with a horizontal bearing to engage beneath the said'sleeve, substantially as described.

4. In car-fenders, a sultable hanger and lugs thereon laterally at its lower portion, in having lateral lugs to support the fender, sub- 10 combination with a bracket hooked over said stantially as described. lugs and having a substantially barrel-shaped In testimony whereof I sign this specificabefarirdig transversely its lower portion, anii tion in the presence of two witnesses.

5 a en er-su portin alne enga ed t iroug 1 a T l 1 said bearing, subst ntially as described. Bhh JAMIN LILV' 5. In car-fenders, a hanger to support the Witnesses:

fender on the car and a sleeve adjustably sup- R. B. MosER, ported in the lower portion of said hanger C. A. SELL. 

